The Colorist

JAN-FEB 2015

For hair color trends and celebrity hair, colorists turn to The Colorist. Celebrity hair, hair color ideas, hair color products and more.

Issue link: https://thecoloristmag.epubxp.com/i/437615

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 10 of 44

8 The Colorist | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 | thecoloristmag.com my life as a redhead PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTO COURTESY OF REDKEN; COURTESY OF SCRUPLES. Marianne Dougherty EDITOR IN CHIEF mdougherty@creativeage.com From top: My last days as a redhead; sporting a buttery shade of blonde a year later I 've been a blonde—okay, a bottle blonde—for about 15 years. I do not use the term bottle-blonde derisively. My longtime colorist, Brad Johns, has used Miss Clairol or Wella Color Touch—both of which come in bottles, not tubes—exclusively as long as I've known him. T ese days when asked what my natural hair color is, I shrug my shoulders and reply that I have no idea; I've been coloring my hair since 1972. For a short while in the '90s, I rocked a chin-length bob the shade of bittersweet chocolate with bangs so short they barely grazed my eyebrows. T at was not a good look for me. T e fi rst person to coax me into becoming a redhead was Robert Zegarelli. He and his brother Arnold, who were two of the top hairdressers in Pittsburgh, were platform artists for Clairol back in the '70s. I'd never colored my hair before, but Robert was so charming that I gave him carte blanche. I still remember the formula today: two ounces of Miss Clairol Coppertone, two ounces of Sparkling Sherry and a capful of Flame. As it turns out, Robert was right. I was born to be a redhead. In fact, for a time we used to tell people that God made a mistake and Robert corrected it. I remained a redhead all through the disco era and well into the '80s. It suited my skin tone and made my blue eyes look even bluer. My boyfriend called me Red. So did the guys in the composing room at the newspaper where I worked. But by the time I moved to New York City in the mid-'90s, I felt it was time for a change. T at's when I met Brad, the "king of the buttery blonde," and was introduced to chunking, a concept he'd invented when he was Color Director at Oribe. And so I happily remain a blonde to this day, though I feel compelled to amend the old adage about blondes having more fun. Truth be told, I had a lot of fun as a redhead, too. better off red Rich, vibrant shades of red are, well, red-hot right now. Poster girls for the trend include celebrities like Amy Adams, Julianne Moore and Jessica Chastain, and with Mad Men returning this spring for its f nal season, we can add Christina Hendricks to the list. To help you create the most beautiful shades of red this season, we interviewed some of the top colorists in the industry. Find out what they had to say in Crimson Tide on page 28.

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of The Colorist - JAN-FEB 2015